Luo Jiuyou looked at the employees inside the building.
"No, they are just ordinary people." Chu Ci shook his head: "They don't even know what they are doing. They just do things according to the requirements above."
"Ordinary people who don't know?" Luo Jiuyou frowned.
This was indeed a bit beyond her expectation. Logically speaking, since they all worked in the temple, they should be part of the temple.
Although the operation methods are different, the Construction Engineering Group is still essentially a temple. To maintain the operation of the temple, specially trained clergy are needed. Most of the priests are selected from the temple personnel.
After working in the temple for a long time, you will naturally know some secret knowledge about the gods.
Because of this, those who can enter the temple to work are basically recognized by the priests or the favored ones of the gods, and are loyal believers of the gods.
And among the employees in the building, many of them seem to have been working for a long time, but they are not even members of the temple?
Seeming to see Luo Jiuyou's doubts, Chu Ci explained: "Yes, these people above the supervisory level are the real temple personnel. Ordinary employees only serve as screening tools and have no access to the affairs of the temple."
"These employees are actually sand people in the desert. They want to escape from the desert life and join Baisui City. However, Baisui City has very strict requirements in this regard, and ordinary sand people cannot join at all."
"The Construction Engineering Group is the only channel for them to join Centenary City. As long as they work in the group for three years, they can be recognized by Centenary City, become a part of the city, and live here permanently."
"The most indispensable thing in the desert is people. Relying on this regulation, they can continuously harvest labor force, and the core will always be their own people."
Luo Jiuyou nodded thoughtfully.
This method can only be used by false gods, and their gods cannot use this method.
First, the power of faith gathered in this way is impure, and second, the object of people's faith is not the gods themselves, but the group and even the Centennial City.
Through the hands of the group, the power of faith is given to those false gods.
Of course, this is beneficial to the group, and perhaps this is their original purpose.
As long as the Construction Engineering Group wants to, they can change the false gods they believe in at any time, which can be regarded as a restriction on the false gods.
"According to what you said, the power of these Life Temples has extended to Centenary City."
"Yes, without the permission of Centenary City, the Construction Engineering Group would not have grown so big." Chu Ci rubbed his temples, feeling a little troubled: "I just don't know whether it is only Centenary City or the Thirteen Cities Alliance.
That’s all.”
If it is the former, it means that the situation is not serious yet, and it may just be a stronghold established by the Temple of Life in this area. If it is the latter...
The more Chu Ci thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and said to Luo Jiuyou: "Let's go to other cities first."
Luo Jiuyou also understood what Chu Ci meant, and the two of them left Baisui City together.
The area where the Thirteen Cities Alliance is located is called Tianshou Mansion, and it is an area covered with mountains and forests.
In the language of deserts, "Tianshou" means "oasis blessed land" because there are six deserts around this area, one of which is the largest fire-spitting desert.
Located in the middle of six stoves, a vibrant green space sprouts out, so it’s no wonder it got its name.
The area of Tianshou Mansion is not small, almost half the area of Chengyang Mansion, but most of the area is covered with mountains.
The surrounding mountains block the wind and sand from the desert, thus ensuring that the middle area is full of vitality.
Perhaps it has absorbed all the vitality of the nearby desert. The vegetation in Tianshou Mansion is particularly lush and the water resources are also very abundant. There is an extremely rich water source near every city.
How rich is the water in this water source?
As long as it is properly protected, a city's largest water source can be enough for the people of half a spitting fire desert, and it will not be exhausted for hundreds of years.
The largest water source in Baisui City is located in the Baisui Mountains a few miles away from the city.
A short distance away after crossing the Centennial Mountain Range is the second city, Yuexia City.
Yuexia City is not as big as Centenary City, but it is not small either. It is almost the size of four or five fierce cities.
Perhaps because it is close to the inner palace and there is no threat from the desert, the city walls of Yuexia City are not cast with iron sand, but with flame jade, which is slightly higher than the flame stone, showing the city's wealth and wealth.
The number of sand people in the city was much smaller than that in Baisui Mountain, but Chu Ci still saw something familiar here.
Qiangsheng Group.
Although it has a different name, the situation of Qiangsheng Group is exactly the same as that of Jiangong Group, except that the number of false gods in their city is relatively small, only one.
Chu Ci remained silent, turned around and left the city, and continued flying to the next city with Luo Jiuyou.
The third city, the fourth city...
When he arrived at the sixth city, Chu Ci stopped and sighed: "There is no need to continue, the result is obvious."
In front of them, a tall building stood with four big characters on it.
Building of life!
I don’t even have to hide it, I just tell you clearly that this city is under the control of the Temple of Life.
The entire Thirteen Cities Alliance is in the shape of the Temple of Life!
Luo Jiuyou also fell silent.
The power of the Temple of Life is so great that even the Thirteen Cities Alliance is under their influence.
You must know that the influence of the Thirteen Cities Alliance is not limited to the Spitting Fire Desert. Even the other five surrounding deserts are more or less affected by these cities.
"Now it seems that the chaotic situation in the western desert is inseparable from the Temple of Life."
"Yeah, this seems like something the Temple of Life can do."
Chu Ci and Luo Jiuyou looked at each other in confusion.
Things suddenly became troublesome.
Luo Jiuyou thought for a while and asked: "I remember that you reported the problem to the God Realm last time? Is there anyone from the God Realm to solve it?"
"Forget it, I sent two lower-ranking gods to investigate, but now I don't even see anyone." Chu Ci said helplessly.
"Lower gods? You didn't tell us about the strength of the false gods on the other side of the divine world? How can two lower gods be enough?"
"There are no redundant gods in the God Realm. Some gods have their own things to do, and the number of middle gods is rare. Even the upper gods must respect their opinions. Only the lower gods can be called upon."
At this point, Chu Ci sighed softly: "If I had known earlier, I would have asked Zhuoyang to tell Lord Tianming. At least a few middle gods could be sent down."
"It's not too late now. Since there are so many forces from the Temple of Life gathered here in Tianshou Mansion, it means that this is an important stronghold for them, maybe it's their lair."
"Well, that's what you said. I'll go look for Zhuoyang again and see if the God Realm can send some more reinforcements."
The strength of the Thirteen Cities Alliance cannot be underestimated. Although they are all false gods, having too many false gods is also a threat.
There can be at least one false god in a city, and as many as three or four. No matter how arrogant Chu Ci and Luo Jiuyou are, they don’t think they can deal with such a large number of false gods. Besides, who knows if there is any hidden power in the Temple of Life.
, naturally it is safer to ask for help.
When Chu Ci asked for help from the God Realm, he was in a high-rise building in a certain city in Tianshou Mansion.
A one-eyed man was sitting on the sofa in an empty room, overlooking the entire city through the floor-to-ceiling windows, tapping the back of the chair with his fingers, as if thinking about something.
Suddenly, he stopped tapping his fingers and said: "Ying Wu, you are here."
As the words fell, a black mist quietly appeared behind the sofa, and then a person walked out of the black mist.
Yingwu knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice: "Sir, I have already investigated clearly what you ordered last time."
The one-eyed man raised his eyebrows: "Is it about the fire-spitting desert?"
"Yes, after your last order, I immediately sent people to the Spitting Fire Desert to investigate the news that finally came not long ago."
"It took you a long time to act immediately. Tell me what is the reason why the number of trading tribes has decreased so much in the past year. Don't tell me that these tribes have been wiped out."
"No, it's because the water source in the Spitting Fire Desert has been restored!"
Upon hearing the news, the one-eyed man's face suddenly darkened. He looked at Yingwu and said slowly: "Yingwu, do you think I'm stupid?"
The one-eyed man raised his hand and stretched out his hand to grasp Yingwu.
An invisible force came out of the body, came to Yingwu in the blink of an eye, turned into an invisible big hand, grabbed Yingwu's neck, and slowly lifted it up.
Seeing Yingwu struggling with his blushing face, the one-eyed man sneered: "The water source in the spitting fire desert has been restored? Haha, you might as well say that someone under my command is corrupt. That would be more credible."
"Do you know the price of deceiving me? If you don't want to do it anymore, I don't mind giving you a ride. There are many people watching your position!"
"It's...really..." Feeling the gradually increasing force on his neck, Yingwu endured the pain and said with difficulty: "There are...foreign...gods..."
Upon hearing the words "foreign gods", the one-eyed man's pupils shrank and his expression changed instantly.
Letting go of his hand, the one-eyed man regained his calm expression and said calmly: "Tell me more about the matter."
"Haha haha——"
Shadow Mist fell to the ground, breathing in the fresh air with a look of relief on his face.
He knew that the one-eyed man really dared to kill him. His predecessor suffered a murderous attack because of an accident that angered the one-eyed man.
However, Shadow Mist did not dare to resent the one-eyed man. He had to pretend to be respectful and tell the one-eyed man all the information he got.
Even if Shadow Mist is a high-level special person and is respected by everyone outside, he is still unable to fight against the one-eyed man. He even has no resistance at all under his hands. Even if he is killed, his superiors will not say anything.
Under Yingwu's explanation, the one-eyed man's expression also changed from gloomy to bright.
"Earth, God, Temple!" Slowly speaking these three words, the one-eyed man stood up slowly: "I have never heard the name of this god. It seems to be a god from other states."
"But it's useless even if you are a foreign god. When you come to my territory, even if you are a god, you have to lie down!"
"Since they don't want to fight, then I will force them to fight!"
"Shadow Mist! Send me an order to activate the influence of the Thirteen Cities and ask those stupid people in the western desert to attack the Earth Temple for me! As long as there is an Earth Temple, attack me! All supplies are included in the Thirteen Cities.
And if they conquer a city, all the spoils will belong to them! Let’s see if those people still dare to believe in God!”
Shadow Wu hesitated for a moment, but still replied: "Yes!"
"etc!"
Just when Shadow Wu was about to leave, the one-eyed man stopped him.
"Sir, do you have any other instructions?"
"Being able to solve the drought shows that the strength of the god cannot be underestimated." The one-eyed man pondered for a moment and took out three parchments from his arms: "Take this and ask the three false gods who have nothing to do to go with them.
After serving them for so long, it’s time to do some work.”
"yes!"
Shadow Mist took the parchment, stepped back, retreated into the black mist, and soon disappeared without a trace.
Calm returned to the room.
The one-eyed man looked at himself quietly on the floor-to-ceiling window and whispered: "Foreign gods... At this time, why do foreign gods suddenly come over?"
After thinking for a while, the one-eyed man left the room and came to a mountain range outside the city.
In a hidden cave somewhere in the mountains, a one-eyed man stood at the door of the cave and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, may I meet you?"
The loud sound echoed through the mountains and into the cave.
After a while, a gloomy sound came from the cave.
"Come in."
Looking at the dark cave, the one-eyed man was not afraid and walked in calmly.
"Crack, click, click."
Walking in the passage of the cave, every time the one-eyed man took a step, there was a crisp sound under his feet. If he looked carefully, the ground of the entire cave passage was covered with white bones, which looked very eerie.
These white bones were broken into pieces, with almost no intact bones, and it was impossible to tell whether they were animal bones or human bones.
The one-eyed man strode forward as if he hadn't seen it.
Entering the depths of the cave, the one-eyed man finally saw the goal of his trip.
A skinny old man sat cross-legged on a big stone with his eyes closed, like an old monk in meditation.
Hearing the one-eyed man coming, the skinny old man opened his eyes and said with a smile: "I don't come to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. Since you are here, it means you have something to ask me for."
"Your Majesty is right." After seeing this skinny old man, the one-eyed man's tone became much weaker, and he could not see the strong force just now: "I came here this time because I have a problem and I want your help.
Clear up confusion.”
"Yes." The skinny old man agreed happily, but his next sentence changed: "But the old rules..."
"Of course, I don't understand the rules." The one-eyed man took out a blood-colored potion and handed it to the skinny old man with both hands.
The moment he saw the blood-colored potion, the skinny old man's eyes lit up, and without any movement, the blood-colored potion appeared in his hand.
The one-eyed man was startled. He only felt a strong wind pass by his hand, and then the blood-colored potion disappeared. From the beginning to the end, he did not see clearly how the skinny old man took it.